This was followed by Ben Mendelsohn, who plays villain Orson Krennic in the film, helping to kick things off with an in-character appearance as he marched to the stage wearing his full costume and flanked by two black stormtroopers in full armor. Moderated by Gwendolyn Christie (Captain Phasma in The Force Awakens), the panel began with the crawl from Episode IV, pausing to focus on the lines of text from that crawl on which the story is drawn. In attendance, Edwards and Kennedy alongside EP John Knoll, Kiri Hart, Head of Story at Lucasfilm, and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, and Jonathan Aris. Today’s panel featured the cast and creatives behind Rogue One. “In the past, all the Star Wars movies have been made as prequels or sequels, and now we can have these standalone movies to explore different places, different characters and different experiences all around.” “We have this amazing opportunity to be able to tell stories inside this incredible universe,” Kennedy said of the “ Star Wars Stories” spin-offs. It would appear, however, that Lucasfilm is giving the directors who follow JJ Abrams a little freedom to play around in the sandbox. After the aggressive reestablishment of classic tone and aesthetic that defined last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, there was some discussion of whether the revived Star Wars franchise would be committed to a total recreation, for good and ill, of the original trilogy style.
But Edwards’ statement of intent is particularly encouraging. Official Star Wars panels have a way of reliably getting the faithful hyped up with encouraging words and thrilling tidbits. Among them, a behind the scenes short showing off the filming of several key scenes was shown off, which you can see at the top of the page. Fortunately, the panel also contained new goodies to keep fans chomping at the bit until the film’s December 16 release date that actually were shown to the general public.
Great stuff, and though Lucasfilm honcho Kathleen Kennedy said it was “just for people in this room” for now, rest assured, we’ll have it up as soon as it’s made public. Ken Watanabe Replaces Benedict Wong In Gareth Edwards' Film 'True Love' For New Regency This is our chance to make a real difference.” At the trailer’s end the biggest tease for fans: on a black floor, Darth Vader’s familiar silhouette, before his ventilator mask takes an iconic, ominous breath. A voiceover from Jones laid out the stakes: “Every day we grow weaker, while they grow stronger. “If you’re too respectful of it, that you didn’t do anything new or different or take a risk, then what are you bringing to the table?” So said Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards this morning during a panel discussion of the stand-alone spinoff film that capped off the first day of Star Wars Celebration in London. The highlight of the panel? A new trailer, unveiled exclusively to the crowd in the hall, that confirmed a much-mooted appearance by Darth Vader in the film while also reflecting Edwards’ point about taking risks with the franchise.īeginning with a sequence showing young Jyn Erso running through a field, then switching to her older self (played by Felicity Jones) in battle with her band of rebels, the trailer showcased plenty of the new characters and environments in the story that follows the rebels who stole the Death Star plans that motivated the plot of Star Wars: A New Hope.
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